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31. Sad story - nurse & his family took strongest baby

Wed Dec 6, 2023, 02:05 AM

Dec 2023

“Then the IDF delivered an ultimatum, al-Nasr director Bakr Qaoud told The Washington Post: Get out or be bombarded. An Israeli official, meanwhile, provided an assurance that ambulances would be arranged to retrieve the patients.

The nurse, a Palestinian man who works with Paris-based Doctors Without Borders, saw no choice. He assessed his charges and picked up the strongest one — the baby he thought likeliest to bear a temporary cut to his oxygen supply. He left the other four on their breathing machines, reluctantly, and with his wife, their children and the one baby, headed south.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-gaza-hospital-evacguated-four-fragile-lives-and-a-grim-discovery/ar-AA1kUtXS

I remember reading that the nurse was able to get the baby to another hospital-

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Israel Never Sent Ambulances to Save Premature Babies in Gaza Hospital: Report [View all] David__77 Dec 2023 OP

Heartbreaking and atrocious. Beakybird Dec 2023 #1

k & r obamanut2012 Dec 2023 #2

The Israelis should have rescued the babies, Turbineguy Dec 2023 #3

Sad story - nurse & his family took strongest baby womanofthehills Dec 2023 #31

This is a horrible legacy for what is reportedly Alpeduez21 Dec 2023 #4

It would give you more credibility sarisataka Dec 2023 #9

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/2/us-gives-bunker-buster-bombs-to-israel-for-war-on-gaza-report Alpeduez21 Dec 2023 #11

It isn't too late to edit your post and correct your misinformation. emulatorloo Dec 2023 #15

Don't back away now, cluster munitions are very different and the facts don't align with what you are alleging. SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #34

And they're using white phosphorus. Goddessartist Dec 2023 #43

Then change it to bunker bombs. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #32

This doesn't ring true to me. boston bean Dec 2023 #5

As A Deliberate Act, No, It Does Not The Magistrate Dec 2023 #6

Post removed Post removed Dec 2023 #8

Israel really hasn't helped with any of this LeftInTX Dec 2023 #20

This is a different hospital - Al-Nasr womanofthehills Dec 2023 #24

Yes, but not all. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #33

So sad claudette Dec 2023 #7

I wonder if Hamas is pleased with how things are going so far. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2023 #10

I think they were expecting it, and in fact deliberately provoked an extreme tblue37 Dec 2023 #13

OMG they are utterly delighted that they have many in the west doing the dirty propaganda work for them. GuppyGal Dec 2023 #28

Hamas loves EVERY dead baby be it Israeli, Palestinian or otherwise. Fucking sick shit. SoFlaBro Dec 2023 #35

If this is true then why did the hamas medical Tomconroy Dec 2023 #12

They could not get the babies out without oxygen equipment womanofthehills Dec 2023 #25

So they abandoned the babies. Tomconroy Dec 2023 #40

Stay and die with the babies leaving others uncared for? That makes no sense uponit7771 Dec 2023 #45

Your assumption that medical people would have died Tomconroy Dec 2023 #48

Excuse me but only Israel is responsible and accountable for anything and everything. GuppyGal Dec 2023 #29

They must think they can just do anything. LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #14

The Israeli soldiers said they would get an ambulance womanofthehills Dec 2023 #26

Perhaps a logistical roadblock interceded. I don't care for people assuming the worst of Israel right away... GuppyGal Dec 2023 #55

I can't believe there can be any justification. Can you people even fathom that these are human beings. onecaliberal Dec 2023 #16

You People? edisdead Dec 2023 #53

I saw the pictures and story on a questionable source a week ago. Runningdawg Dec 2023 #17

CNN reported on it womanofthehills Dec 2023 #27

Washington Post has verified the video. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #37

Democracy Now reported on it Goddessartist Dec 2023 #42

I take almost everything on Democracy Now with a grain of salt edisdead Dec 2023 #54

Dogs will eat carrion LeftInTX Dec 2023 #50

How can you send ambulances ahead of military forces? NutmegYankee Dec 2023 #18

Probably lied about the ambulances to get everybody Warpy Dec 2023 #21

I suspect it was someone high level who had no idea what it would take NutmegYankee Dec 2023 #22

Yeah, that too, sending ambulances into an area under bombardment Warpy Dec 2023 #23

Hamas was not around when the IDF occupied the hospital. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #36

US ambulance crews won't enter an active crime scene, NutmegYankee Dec 2023 #47

So clever you are. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #49

Shouldnt the medical staff have stayed to see if Tomconroy Dec 2023 #51

They were ordered to evacuate and assured that the babies would be cared for. Big Blue Marble Dec 2023 #52

Who is being punished here? IronLionZion Dec 2023 #19

It's a damn shame that scumbag Hamas put their own people in the middle and on the front line including babies. GuppyGal Dec 2023 #30

Hamas did this by design. It's what they wanted, apparently. Oopsie Daisy Dec 2023 #41

Problem is, you have two problems that serve both agitators. Xolodno Dec 2023 #38

Yep, Bibi doesn't even want international help keep the peace and Russia/China gets to show the uponit7771 Dec 2023 #46

Not remotely shocked. LowerManhattanite Dec 2023 #39

Heartbreaking. The only thing sadder is some of the callous comments here. Nanjeanne Dec 2023 #44

It is heartbreaking. As are Goddessartist Dec 2023 #56